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The NBC boys in the booth sure don't seem to be giving him much of a chance for success against the Ravens.

Meanwhile, Heinz Ward just threw Big Ben under the bus. Essentially, calling him a pussy for not playing with a concussion. :dunno:
 
First series, 3 and out. Welcome to the NFL, Dennis.
 
Poor kid. Just had a 31 yd. scamper called back for holding.............finally resulting in a punt.
 
Wow, following a nice, long completion to Heinz Ward, Dixon just tossed 33 yard touchdown to Santonio Holmes, Kid looks cool as a cucumber.
 
The kid has a lot of talent around him, I expect him to throw a bomb to Mike Wallace soon, to test Baltimore's young secondary.
 
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thank you, Pittsburgh and Baltimore, for reminding me why I don't watch the NFL. Incredibly boring football, it's a wonder Dixon is doing as well as he is. If I were in his place I'd have fallen asleep two years ago and never woken up.
 
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thank you, Pittsburgh and Baltimore, for reminding me why I don't watch the NFL. Incredibly boring football, it's a wonder Dixon is doing as well as he is. If I were in his place I'd have fallen asleep two years ago and never woken up.
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No one's forcing you to watch. I'm enjoying this game.
 
BasX said:
The kid has a lot of talent around him, I expect him to throw a bomb to Mike Wallace soon, to test Baltimore's young secondary.
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Dude, good call!!

Just missed him. Perfect throw, but a pretty good play by the rookie DB to break it up in the end zone.
 
Ooooh, he might've just thrown the game-losing interception.
 
HailBlazers said:
Yeaa Bitter Sweet.
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Considering the Steelers didn't have Troy and Aaron and went to Baltimore at night in a pressure packed game, I'd say, he was very good. Sucks how we lost, but, it's okay.
 
BasX said:
Considering the Steelers didn't have Troy and Aaron and went to Baltimore at night in a pressure packed game, I'd say, he was very good. Sucks how we lost, but, it's okay.
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I think Dixon was pretty decent for a rookie.

Bob Sanders, Dwight Freeney, get hurt and I don't ever mention that...

A QB injury is huge though but you have to deal with the other stuff, that's part of the game. Pitt should be fine again (as far as making the post-season at least) when they get Ben, he's a pretty tough guy I expect him to be healthy.
 
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huevonkiller said:
I think Dixon was pretty decent for a rookie.

Bob Sanders, Dwight Freeney, get hurt and I don't ever mention that...

A QB injury is huge though but you have to deal with the other stuff, that's part of the game. Pitt should be fine again (as far as making the post-season at least) when they get Ben, he's a pretty tough guy I expect him to be healthy.
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Our defense revolves around Troy so much, I don't think you understand. Bob never plays. I'll give you Freeney.
 
BasX said:
Our defense revolves around Troy so much, I don't think you understand. Bob never plays. I'll give you Freeney.
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I don't understand because he's a safety, I put a premium on defensive linemen. Now when you lose that, that is killer.

For instance NYG dominated the 18-1 Pats from the interior, I'm more of a fan of that defensively.
 
Troy changes protections, when's in the box, he modifies blocking schemes, but then drops back and is quick enough to get back to his man or to the middle of the field. It is nice to see the front 7 learn how to not play with Troy and get to Flacco and force turnovers.
 
BasX said:
Troy changes protections, when's in the box, he modifies blocking schemes, but then drops back and is quick enough to get back to his man or to the middle of the field. It is nice to see the front 7 learn how to not play with Troy and get to Flacco and force turnovers.
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Yeah he obviously helps, that's not what I was stating. There is no "QB" on defense, a guy with the ability to impact that side of the field to that degree. Teams regularly lose skill position players, and elite offenses are dominated defensively from big guys. Harrison won the Defensive MVP last year, you have that line and those linebackers.
 
huevonkiller said:
Yeah he obviously helps, that's not what I was stating. There is no "QB" on defense, a guy with the ability to impact that side of the field to that degree. Teams regularly lose skill position players, and elite offenses are dominated defensively from big guys. Harrison won the Defensive MVP last year, you have that line and those linebackers.
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James Harrison was awesome and I'm happy he won that award, but Troy makes every player better. I could go on for hours about his impact, but it can and has been argued that he's the best player in football. When's he not there, the D is good, when he's there, it's an all-time defense. Last year proved it.
 
BasX said:
James Harrison was awesome and I'm happy he won that award, but Troy makes every player better. I could go on for hours about his impact, but it can and has been argued that he's the best player in football. When's he not there, the D is good, when he's there, it's an all-time defense. Last year proved it.
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Ok what I don't get it when you have an OT loss to the Chiefs and you blame it on Troy being absent. Your team is too talented on both sides to make that case. That's not what it came down to, you should be able to finish them off. Sometimes teams just have bad weeks, it is natural.
 
I think you have to look at games versus the Broncos and the Vikings when the teams were driving, the Steelers were able to stop them because Favre and Orton had to double think about Troy being there, especially in the Denver game, look at the 2 play series, were he made a stop for a loss and then intercepted Orton. Teams don't drive on the Steelers when Troy in on the field, it's rare, when he plays this year we are 4-1, 3-0 in games he's gone the full game.
 
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I think you have to look at games versus the Broncos and the Vikings when the teams were driving, the Steelers were able to stop them because Favre and Orton had to double think about Troy being there, especially in the Denver game, look at the 2 play series, were he made a stop for a loss and then intercepted Orton. Teams don't drive on the Steelers when Troy in on the field, it's rare, when he plays this year we are 4-1, 3-0 in games he's gone the full game.
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I just think you overstate it sometimes, the Bengals are decent and you lost to them twice. The Chiefs and Ravens game had much larger factors than just Troy.
 
Dixon handled blitzes very well. That impressed me, since rookies usually struggle against that.

I think Polamalu functioned like an "Undo" button for the defense. Some very talented defense players got used to having him erase their mistakes and making huge plays out of nothing. They need to stop underachieving and realize they don't need him to beat some of the teams they've lost to.
 
huevonkiller said:
I just think you overstate it sometimes, the Bengals are decent and you lost to them twice. The Chiefs and Ravens game had much larger factors than just Troy.
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Where did I say the Bengals weren't good. Last second drive by the Bengals could've been stopped if we had a healthy team, we'll never know though.
 
BasX said:
Where did I say the Bengals weren't good. Last second drive by the Bengals could've been stopped if we had a healthy team, we'll never know though.
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Every major contender is missing pieces, including the Bengals who beat you without Benson. D-Line/Hybrid-Lbs and offensive players are the most important. I understand why you like Troy, just saying your team is good enough to not struggle like this.
 
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He played pretty good for his first start..you can't ask for much more from a 3rd string qb. He was in an ideal situation with all those weapons. I'm pretty sure rothlisberger will be back next week tho
 
ehizzy3 said:
He played pretty good for his first start..you can't ask for much more from a 3rd string qb. He was in an ideal situation with all those weapons. I'm pretty sure rothlisberger will be back next week tho
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3rd string QB who didn't find out he was starting until Saturday. He didn't even get a week of snaps at #1. Dixon did well considering this.
 
ehizzy3 said:
He played pretty good for his first start..you can't ask for much more from a 3rd string qb. He was in an ideal situation with all those weapons. I'm pretty sure rothlisberger will be back next week tho
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did we settle the "he's too fragile" stuff?

STOMP
 
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